Tag: accident

Five killed as building collapses in Pakistan

Karachi, Pakistan (AFP) — Five people died when an apartment building collapsed in southern Pakistan early Tuesday as most of its residents were sleeping, officials said. Rescuers struggled to pull survivors from the rubble of the three-storey building in the southern city of Karachi. “Five bodies were recovered from the rubble,” the city’s deputy  commissioner, Fareed Uddin, told AFP. Another local official said a woman and a 13-year-old boy were among the dead. Rescuers pulled at least nine injured people […]

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Swiss couple found on glacier 75 years after disappearance

Geneva, Switzerland (AFP) — A couple who disappeared in the Alps 75 years ago has been found preserved in a receding glacier, ending decades of uncertainty for their seven children, Swiss media reported Tuesday. The bodies were found lying near each other in the Diablerets massif in southern Switzerland, along with backpacks, a bottle, a book and a watch, according to Le Matin daily. The head of the Glacier 3000 ski resort, Bernard Tschannen, told Le Matin that the […]

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Venus Williams driving ‘lawfully’ at time of fatal crash: police

MIAMI, Florida (AFP) — New evidence shows Venus Williams was driving “lawfully” when she was involved in a deadly car crash that sparked a lawsuit against the tennis star, police in Florida said Friday. An initial police report on the June 9 crash in Palm Beach Gardens described Williams as being “at fault” in the incident. On Friday, Palm Beach Gardens police issued a statement saying new video obtained of the collision showed that “the […]

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Tennis: Devastated Venus sobs over fatal car crash

by Steven Griffiths Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom — Venus Williams broke down in tears during a Wimbledon press conference on Monday when she was asked about her involvement in a fatal car crash. Williams is being sued by the estate of an elderly Florida man who died last month after his vehicle was hit by a car driven by the American star. The 37-year-old is accused of running a red light, inattentive driving […]

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Germany bus accident leaves up to 18 feared dead

  by Ralf ISERMANN Agence France-Presse   MUNICH, Germany (AFP) – Up to 18 people were feared killed Monday in one of Germany’s worst road accidents after a tour bus carrying pensioners burst into flames in a collision with a trailer truck, police said. “Thirty passengers were taken to hospitals, some with serious injuries. The others are believed to have died in the burning tour bus,” which had been carrying 48 people, police said in […]

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Bus crash in Bavaria leaves 31 injured, 17 unaccounted for, German media report

STAMMBACH, Germany (Reuters) – Thirty-one people were injured, some seriously, when a coach burst into flames after colliding with a lorry on a motorway in the German state of Bavaria on Monday (July 3), police said. There were 48 people on the bus at the time of the crash, according to a police Twitter. A police spokesman told broadcaster n-tv that 17 people were unaccounted for and he expected several had died.

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Tennis: Venus Williams faces lawsuit over deadly crash

MIAMI, United States (AFP) — The family of a man who died in a car crash involving Venus Williams plan to sue the tennis superstar, a lawyer said Friday. Attorney Michael Steinger told ABC television’s “Good Morning America” that the family of Jerome Barson would file a wrongful death suit against Williams following the June 9 crash in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Barson, who suffered head injuries in the accident, died two weeks later on […]

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Koreanong nawala sa Mt. Amuyao, nailipat na sa Baguio Gen. Hospital matapos matagpuan sa Barlig

  BAGUIO CITY, Benguet (Eagle News) – Nailipat na sa Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center ang Korean national na nawala ng ilang araw sa Mt. Amuyao, Mt. Province para lubusang makapagpagaling. Natagpuan ng mga awtoridad noong Miyerkules, June 21 si Choi Sung Kyu, isang real estate broker sa South Korea, at nagbakasyon lang dito sa Pilipinas. June 9 pa nang mawala si Sung Kyu matapos umakyat sa Mt. Amuyao. Labing isang araw din itong pinaghahanap […]

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Two DC bicycle officers struck by speeding truck; one other injured

WASHINGTON DC, United States (Reuters) – A speeding white truck struck and injured two D.C. bike patrol police officers and a third public works employee on Thursday (June 8) in the northwest Washington D.C. neighborhood of Adams Morgan. Witnesses said the speeding truck was racing down the street when it struck the three victims and proceeded right through an intersection before crashing into a parked dump truck. Local media say one of the officers was […]

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Rescuers send 29 bodies from missing Myanmar military plane ashore

MYANMAR (Reuters) – Twenty-nine more bodies from a crashed Myanmar military plane were found on Thursday in Dawei City. Rescue work started from Wednesday afternoon in Launglon Town located in the southwestern part of Dawei City, south of Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Province. Apart from naval boats, many civilian boats were used to search the missing people. “Debris of the plane have been found in the area, which was 14 miles from us. The waves in the […]

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Myanmar’s military finds plane wreckage, bodies

by Hla-Hla Htay / Athens Zaw Zaw Agence France Presse YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Myanmar’s military said Thursday it has found the wreckage of a plane in the Andaman Sea that went missing with around 120 people on board, along with several bodies. A navy search ship scouring the waves found the bodies of a man, woman and child, as well as pieces of luggage, safety jackets and a tire presumed to be the aircraft’s wheel. “We […]

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Bus in India collides with truck, kills 22

BAREILLY, India (Reuters) – At least 22 people died and 15 others injured in India’s northern Bareilly city on Monday (June 5), after a bus collided with a truck and immediately caught on fire. The bus belonged to Uttar Pradesh State Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) and was on the way to Gonda from New Delhi. Authorities have not been able to identify any of the bodies. According to local media, the truck was seized but the […]

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